Word: fright
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...melodramatic tone never disappears from Baird's harsh complaints, but it is understandable. This time he might really get thrown to the wolves. So he is scared of the ten year jail sentence, of course, but you can also sense an extra measure of fright and incredulity in his voice, because to his mind, at least, nobody is even watching...
...most important result of this meeting, from the students' point of view, was the "frightening" nature of William Bundy's view of Southeast Asia. Their fright stemmed from two of his stands: his view that a military solution will be achieved within three years and his emphasis on the importance of the war in the future of Southeast Asia...
...ambulance that carried you away you were spading your heart fell open I was playing with your boys what could we do with our fright the ambulance is taking us all the wrong way down the innerbelt hospitals traffic more parking lots...
Hope does his best to get something risible visible, but halfway through he drowns in second banana oil. Winters' country-cozen dialect is familiar, and Phyllis Diller attacks her customary fright-wig role with the comic appeal of a black-widow spider putting away a fly. The kids are selfconscious, lending the film the aura of a mass-produced TV situation comedy. All that is missing is the commercials-and the energetic plugs for name-brand cereals and soaps more than compensate...
...other soloists. Freshman phenomenon David Ripley acquitted the part of Don Fernando valiantly but seemed to be worrying too much about getting all the notes to do anything with them. Gregory Sandow as Rocco was well, embarrassing. Sandow is one of those rare examples of a ham with stage fright. His singing is at once precious and stiff. His main problem is that he tries too hard, and his efforts to be expressive lead him to forcing and frequent lapses of taste...